68950 (2002 QF15)

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar ⇩ Gaia
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.3442822684 ± 2.00e+00
Semi-major axis (a)1.0569614537 AU ± 3.00e+00
Inclination (i)25.15212394° ± 4.00e+00
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)236.20345561° ± 5.00e+00
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)255.57271434° ± 6.00e+00
Mean Anomaly (M)57.35174599° ± 2.23e-05
Mean Motion (n)0.9070339695°/day ± 3.86e+00
Perihelion dist (q)0.69306837 AU ± 2.89e+00
Aphelion dist (Q)1.42085454 AU ± 4.55e+00
Orbital Period1.08664760 yr ± 4.63e+00
NGA Modelr2
A2-1.09285347e-04 AU/d²
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)16.39
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-04-28
RMS Residual0.023″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.005455 AU
Observations Used2590
Gaia Obs Used64
Oppositions5
Arc Total1955-2017
First Observation Used1955-07-23
Last Observation Used2021-10-15
Observations (2923)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2017-12-03 18:59:18 C 21 16 37.17 +00 37 46.5 q 160
2017-12-03 19:02:19 C 21 16 37.51 +00 37 43.4 q 160
2017-12-04 17:33:53 C 21 19 20.19 +00 14 23.9 q 160
2017-12-04 17:36:50 C 21 19 20.52 +00 14 20.5 q 160
2017-12-04 17:39:47 C 21 19 20.88 +00 14 17.7 q 160
2017-12-05 04:37:56 C 21 20 40.23 +00 02 59.4 U T08
2017-12-05 04:47:56 C 21 20 41.42 +00 02 47.9 U T08
2017-12-05 04:59:45 C 21 20 42.81 +00 02 36.0 U T08
2017-12-05 05:10:51 C 21 20 44.11 +00 02 23.4 U T08
2017-12-09 02:06:19 C 21 32 04.89 -01 35 21.8 U 703
2017-12-09 02:14:04 C 21 32 05.80 -01 35 30.2 U 703
2017-12-09 02:21:48 C 21 32 06.71 -01 35 38.9 U 703
2017-12-09 02:29:32 C 21 32 07.67 -01 35 46.3 U 703
2017-12-09 04:49:42 C 21 32 25.01 -01 38 13.6 U T08
2017-12-09 04:59:54 C 21 32 26.25 -01 38 24.5 U T08
2017-12-09 05:10:04 C 21 32 27.47 -01 38 35.1 U T08
2017-12-11 04:41:16 C 21 38 20.83 -02 29 36.2 U T05
2017-12-11 04:50:40 C 21 38 21.90 -02 29 46.5 U T05
2017-12-11 04:58:35 C 21 38 22.89 -02 29 54.2 U T05
2017-12-11 05:01:24 C 21 38 23.21 -02 29 57.2 U T05
2017-12-11 05:09:23 C 21 38 24.22 -02 30 06.2 U T05
2017-12-13 05:25:47 C 21 44 26.00 -03 22 45.0 U T08
2017-12-13 05:34:35 C 21 44 27.09 -03 22 54.9 U T08
2017-12-13 05:43:59 C 21 44 28.26 -03 23 05.4 U T08
2017-12-13 05:53:23 C 21 44 29.42 -03 23 15.6 U T08
2017-12-15 01:31:35 C 21 49 59.09 -04 11 43.8 U 703
2017-12-15 01:39:17 C 21 50 00.04 -04 11 52.8 U 703
2017-12-15 01:46:58 C 21 50 00.96 -04 12 00.6 U 703
2017-12-15 01:54:40 C 21 50 01.95 -04 12 09.0 U 703
2017-12-16 01:35:50 C 21 53 01.62 -04 38 48.5 U 703
2017-12-16 01:43:34 C 21 53 02.59 -04 38 57.6 U 703
2017-12-16 01:51:18 C 21 53 03.53 -04 39 05.4 U 703
2017-12-16 01:59:02 C 21 53 04.51 -04 39 14.6 U 703
2018-01-09 05:04:31 C 23 05 22.01 -17 39 35.2 U T08
2018-01-09 05:15:22 C 23 05 23.24 -17 39 52.1 U T08
2018-01-09 05:26:45 C 23 05 24.52 -17 40 11.2 U T08
2018-03-25 06:57:27 C 21 13 50.69 -40 03 22.5 q Y00
2018-03-25 07:04:00 C 21 13 50.29 -40 03 10.5 q Y00
2018-03-25 07:08:51 C 21 13 49.95 -40 03 01.5 q Y00
2018-04-26 11:04:43 C 20 55 08.98 -12 32 12.7 U 703
2018-04-26 11:11:59 C 20 55 08.97 -12 31 55.4 U 703
2018-04-26 11:19:14 C 20 55 08.85 -12 31 38.9 U 703
2018-04-26 11:26:30 C 20 55 08.72 -12 31 21.8 U 703
2018-05-02 18:30:00 S 20 52 28.94 -06 37 48.9 L C51
2018-05-02 21:38:19 S 20 52 24.98 -06 30 23.5 L C51
2018-05-03 00:46:49 S 20 52 21.04 -06 22 59.1 L C51
2018-05-03 03:55:19 S 20 52 17.00 -06 15 33.6 L C51
2018-05-03 05:29:23 S 20 52 15.02 -06 11 51.7 L C51
2018-05-03 05:29:34 S 20 52 15.04 -06 11 51.0 L C51
2018-05-03 07:03:38 S 20 52 13.008 -06 08 08.92 L C51
Radar Observations (13)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
2003-11-05 13:28:00 144021577 8 us 2380 -1 -1
2003-11-05 13:28:00 -16191.2 0.3 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2003-11-05 14:52:00 144059763 3 us 2380 -1 -1
2003-11-06 14:23:00 145115566.18 3 us 2380 -1 -1
2003-11-07 14:28:00 147004481.8 3 us 2380 -1 -1
2003-11-08 14:14:00 149654992.5 3 us 2380 -1 -1
2003-11-09 14:10:00 153088658.9 3 us 2380 -1 -1
2006-05-17 09:42:00 129106810.87 4 us 2380 -1 -1
2016-11-15 19:56:00 164414675.17 4 us 2380 -1 -1
2019-05-20 21:32:00 88188671.37 4 us 2380 -1 -1
2019-05-22 23:26:00 91912876.24 2 us 2380 -1 -1
2019-05-23 23:38:00 95364274.82 2 us 2380 -1 -1
2019-05-27 00:06:00 110821050.25 1.5 us 2380 -1 -1
Station codes
-1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)